Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
As soon as we started programming, we found to our surprise that it wasn't as easy to get programs right as we had thought.
Maurice Wilkes
There are 10 types of people. Those who can read ternary, those who can't and those who mistake it for binary.
Anonymous
It is easier to optimize correct code than to correct optimized code.
Anonymous
The best book on programming for the layman is "Alice in Wonderland"; but that's because it's the best book on anything for the layman.
Alan J. Perlis
The best writing is rewriting.
E. B. White
It's not what the software does. It's what the user does.
Hugh Macleod
Designing software in a team is like writing poetry in a committee meeting.
Joel Spolsky
Around computers it is difficult to find the correct unit of time to measure progress. Some cathedrals took a century to complete. Can you imagine the grandeur and scope of a program that would take as long?
Alan J. Perlis
Compatibility means deliberately repeating other people's mistakes.
Anonymous
It is easier to change the specification to fit the program than vice versa.
Alan J. Perlis